New monthly snowfall record set in Connecticut

Thursday

The National Weather Service says this month's snowfall in Connecticut is now higher than any other monthly total since recordkeeping began more than a century ago.

The National Weather Service says this month's snowfall in Connecticut is now higher than any other monthly total since recordkeeping began more than a century ago.

Meteorologist Bill Simpson of the Weather Service says 54.9 inches of snow has fallen at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks this month, breaking the old record of 45.3 inches in December 1945. Recordkeeping began in 1905.

Bradley got a foot of snow from the storm that hit Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Other parts of the state got a foot and a half.